A few months ago, I heard someone say, “You can either choose to rest or you will be forced to rest. You’ll rest either way.” I have rolled those words around and around in my mind. It seems silly now, but I had never considered this reality before. Of course it’s true: I can choose to take breaks, [Continue Reading…]

True story: When I was planning my move to Texas in 2013, one of my top apartment-hunting criteria was that my apartment had to be near a Target. I remember typing in the address of every prospective apartment on Google Maps and searching for the nearest one. If the Target was “too far,” like 20 [Continue Reading…]

This post may contain affiliate links. Post title inspired by Alexandra Kuykendall’s book, Loving My Actual Life. The past three years This post feels like a massive personal accomplishment, and I’m not yet done with the first sentence. You see, the past three years have been challenging. Actually, challenging doesn’t cut it. Words like awful, [Continue Reading…]

My loneliness was a gift. Those are five words I never thought I’d write. Three years ago, almost to the day, I moved. I was two weeks away from getting married and starting a new life with my almost-husband, Riley. Though I was sad to leave my community, job, and city, I was more excited [Continue Reading…]

This post contains affiliate links. This is perhaps the most challenging, most important lesson I’ve learned in my adult life: discontentment follows you. There was a time when I thought “I’ll be happy when x happens.” Or, “When y happens, I’ll feel content.” Or most dangerously, “I won’t be peaceful or joyful until z happens.” (I [Continue Reading…]

I think about everything. I’m serious–I overthink, contemplate, obsess, and ruminate. It’s been a part of who I am for as long as I can remember. I can vividly recall moments in elementary school where I would get so lost in thought that I would be deeply embarrassed when my teacher would call me out [Continue Reading…]

The middle school years have long been called “the awkward years.” And awkward they were. We’re talking flat-chested, brace-faced, frizzy-haired, unsure-of-myself awkward. Though I looked like a strange girl-woman and acted weird, my life wasn’t all that awkward. I was in school, and I knew I’d be in school for the next 8+ years with people I’d [Continue Reading…]

2017, The year of travel Because 2016 was a deeply challenging year for me, I set out to travel as much as possible in 2017. We started the year with a trip to Disney. Then we went on two different trips to Austin. Next was a solo trip to Florida to visit my grandparents; after [Continue Reading…]

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know I’ve been dealing with hand pain that’s made it difficult to type. Because of that, I’m blogging less to facilitate healing. Thanks for sticking with me! What if I can’t “find my tribe?” The other day I was listening to a podcast. At the end [Continue Reading…]

Throughout my life, I’ve often found myself feeling like life is about to start. When I was in middle school, I thought life would really start once I was in high school. When I was in high school, I thought life would really start once I was in college. When I was in college, I thought life would really start once [Continue Reading…]

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